Dispensing-container.



I. W. SCHLOSS.

DISPENSING CONTAINER.

APPLICATION FILED Nov.21.1914.

1 1L533. Patented Nov. 23, 1915.

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JOSEPH SCHLOSS, YGRK, Y., AfiSIGNOB E0 GASTLEBONE COMPANY, A CDRPORATIONOF NEW YORK.

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Application filed November 27, 1914. Serial No. 8%,175.

T 0 (ZZZ whom it may ooncerm Be it known that I, Josnrrr W. SoHLoss, acitizen of the United States, residing at the city of New York, in theborough of Manhattan and State of New York, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Dispensing-Containers, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to cartons and packages and has special referenceto a container adapted for the packing and dispensing of the article ofcommerce known as feathen bone. This material is a resilient flat tapeor ribbon used in the place of whalebone for stiffening womens garmentsand is made in continuous lengths which are ordinarily put up in flatcoilsand packed in shallow boxes. in selling this material in shortlengths and in cutting it up for use, the coil is apt to spring open andbecome tangled unless great care is exercised in handling it.

Hence, it is the object of this invention to provide a dispensingcontainer which will cooperate with a coil of material of this peculiarnature, in such a manner that the tape or ribbon can be dispensed fromthe coil in any required lengths without danger of tangling or injuringthe portion that remains in the coil, while the latter always re mainshoused and protected by the container.

The improved container and its cooperation with the coil of materialwill now be described with reference to the accompanying drawing, inwhich Figure 1 is a perspective view of the complete package; Fig. 2 isa similar view of a portion of the package showing the end of the tapeexposed in a position to be grasped and drawn out, and Fig. 3 is also aperspective view of the package showing the box open for the rewindingoperation.

The featherbone tape or ribbon is wound one turn upon another until aflat coil of a given size or diameter is produced, such a coil beingindicated at a. The box or container is preferably square, although itmay be of other shape, and has an internal diameter only slightlygreater than that of the coil a. The depth of the box is also onlyslightly greater than the thickness of the coil or the width of thetape. The body of the box consists of the bottom I) and the low sidewalls 0, While the top or cover consists of two sections 65 and ,e, theformer bemg permanently fixed to the body of the box by attachment toits side walls or otherwise, and the latter being displaceable ormovable, preferably by hinging it to some part of the body or to thefree edge of the permanent section at, as shown at e. The permanentsection d thus forms a pocket f within the box, entrance to which isafforded by the movable section 6. The movable section is provided withside flanges adapted to fit nor the side walls 0 when the cover isclosed. t a point in the sidewall 0, preferably opposite the pocket 7and to one side of the center, is provided a wholly inclosed openingor'eye g. of such dimensions and shape as to permit the tape or ribbonto pass freely through it. This opening is, for a purpose which willhereafter appear, tobe distinguished from a notch cut into the wall 0from its upper edge downward, the bridge 9 across the upper side of theopening serving a useful purpose. In the side flange e of the movablecover an open notch h is provided, which may have substantially the sameshape as the opening 9 and is located in line with the latter so as toprovide a free passage for the tape or ribbon when the cover section 6is closed.

The area of the permanent top section 01 is such that the coil offeatherbone can be forced edgewise beneath its free edge and into thepocket so that it will lie flat upon the bottom of the box. When thishas been done the outer free end of the coil is threaded through theopening 9, the coil having been inserted in such position with respectto the opening 9 that after the free end of the strip has passed throughthe opening it will have a tendency to lie in a plane par allel to thewall of the box in which the opening is located. In this position theexposed end can be covered by the flange of the movable cover when thelatter is closed and the box is to be shipped or stored.

Broadly speaking the opening 9 may be located at any other point in theside walls 0 besides that shown and described, but in any case it ispreferable to have it located at such a point that the end of the stripprojecting therefrom shall lie in a direction which when the strip ispulled in the same direction will not bring a strain on the coil whichwould tend to force it out of the pocket f. Such a strain wouldsometimes cause the coil to force the movable cover open and jump out ofthe box.

In dispensing the featherbone, the movable cover is first liftedsufliciently to free the covered end of the strip from its position seenin Fig. 1, after which the cover is closed down and with the box held inone hand and the end of the strip in the other, the strip is drawn outthe required length and cut off, the coil meanwhile rotating freelywithin the box and without the aid of any central hub or axle. Owing tothe elasticity of the tape, the inner coils expand as the outer coilsare dispensed, so that the external diameter of the coil remains the 7same and the shape is preserved by contact of the periphery of the coilwith the side walls of the box. If an excessive amount of the materialhas been drawn oil, it may be rewound upon the coil, by lifting thecover 6 as shown in Fig. 3' and rotating the coil by hand while itremains in the box. In this operation the importance of the inclosedhole 9 is apparent for it serves as a guiding eye to insure the evenlaying of each turn rewound upon the coil. An open notch, for instance,would permit the strip to escape and makeit very diflicult to rewind.

I claim:

1. A dispensing container comprising a shallow box having a cover, asection of which is permanently fixed while another section isdisplaceable, said box having a side wall provided with an opening incombination with a flat coil of comparatively stiff elastic tape such asfeatherbone, having a diameter substantially equal to the insidediameter of the box and contained in said box, the free outer end ofsaid tape adapted to project through said opening in a direction suchthat when pulled upon along the line of its projection the coil withinthe box will tend to remain beneath the permanently fixed section of thecover.

2. A dispensing container comprising a shallow box having a cover, asection of which is permanently fixed while another section isdisplaceable, said box having a side wall provided with an opening, incombination with a flat coil of tapelike material such as featherbone,contained in said box, the free outer end of said material adapted toproject through said opening in a direction such that when pulled uponalong the line of its projection the coil within the box will tend toremain beneath the permanently fixed section of the cover.

In witness whereof, I subscribe my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

JOSEPH SCHLOSS.

Witnesses:

WALDO M. GHAPIN, JOSEPH A. BUCKLEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

. 1 Washington, D. C.

